A spy's heart goes rogue while his mission marches on — 1919 silent cinema at its most morally slippery.
Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate lines in an attempt to lead Southern forces away from an area in which a Northern attack is planned. But Dumont falls in love with a Southern girl and when she proves useful to his plan, his conscience begins to tear at him.
Acting
Robert Warwick's smoldering conflict — all eyes, no dialogue.
Production
A 60-minute war epic from cinema's infancy, now nearly extinct.
Director
Hugh Ford
Robert Warwick
Major Lewis K. Dumont
Wanda Hawley
Edith Varney
Theodore Roberts
General Harrison Randolph
Edythe Chapman
Mrs. Varney
Raymond Hatton
Lieutenant Howard Varney
Casson Ferguson
Wilfred Varney
Robert Cain
Captain Henry Dumont
Irving Cummings
Benton Arrelsford
Guy Oliver
Jonas
Lillian Leighton
Martha
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Lieutenant Maxwell (as Stanley Wheatcroft)
Norman Selby
Lieutenant Foray
Shirley Mason
Caroline Mitford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on William Gillette's hit play, this adaptation arrived as Civil War reconciliation narratives peaked in popular culture.
Most of the film is considered lost; only fragments survive in archives, making complete viewing nearly impossible.
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